RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT IN CONCEPT FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION PRISON/JAIL CONSTRUCTION AND REFORM PROPOSAL

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, prison overcrowding is at crisis levels with a prison capacity of approximately 100,000 but with an estimated inmate population of 174,000; and

WHEREAS, a possible June 2007 federal court order to address California’s prison overcrowding problem could result in extremes including the release of state prisoners; and

WHEREAS, growing belief that the revised corrections reform proposal will focus on adult corrections and closely mirror the Prison/Jail Construction and Reform Proposal of the California State Sheriffs Association; and

WHEREAS, the Sheriffs proposal would, among other things, reject the Governor’s initial proposal for local retention of state prisoners with sentences of up to three years; provide construction funding with a 25 percent local match for 16,000 local jail beds; provide construction and operational funding for 16,000 state prisoner re-entry beds to be located on county property; and allow for a county to “opt-in” on the construction of any additional local jail beds as well as on the construction and operation of county-located state re-entry beds; and

WHEREAS, Sheriff Munks has been working with District Attorney Fox, County Manager Maltbie and others to develop consensus within San Mateo County regarding the Prison/Jail Construction and Reform Proposal of the California State Sheriffs Association.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors by adoption of this resolution supports in concept the Prison/Jail Construction and Reform Proposal of the California State Sheriffs Association.

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